D.C. Circuit Denies Requests To Stay MATS Update Pending Court Review

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is rejecting calls from Republican states and coal-sector groups to stay EPA’s revised Mercury & Air Toxics (MATS) rule for power plants, the fourth time the court has rejected such a request since the Supreme Court stayed EPA’s interstate ozone rule late last month. In an Aug. 6 order , in litigation known as State of North Dakota, et al. v. EPA, et al. , a three-judge panel concluded...